Title

You Cannot Buy Love

Scripture

If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised.(Song of Solomon 8:7)

Devotional

The truly valuable things of life cannot be bought with money. Righteousness, wisdom, integrity, honesty, virtue and love are above the price of currency. They can be earned, but they cannot be bought. Solomon in his wisdom understood the value of money when he said, “Money answers everything.”(1) He understood that money could answer everything, but it could not necessarily buy everything. Love is one of those things that money cannot buy. If love could be bought, it would not be worth much at all. At best it would be short lived and filled with sorrow. Love that can be purchased is fraudulent love. It is not real; if you have bought it you have been had. The love and friendships you buy are bought by and for the money that paid for it. Here we understand the scripture that says, “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”(2)